The goblins were twisting, the witches were laughing and the ghosts were boogieing down. The fruit punch was flowing, the candy was being eaten and the costumes were a spectrum of color and fright at Salve Regina University’s annual fall semester Halloween Dance.

Picture a typical hospital wing: plain white walls, no windows, bustling nurses and the doctor passing through on a tight schedule. Add a multitude of seemingly anonymous patients who have no sense of what is happening around them and who may or may not be talking to themselves.

The entertainment maverick Ke$ha rose to stardom in 2009 when her debut album, “Animal”, hit charts globally, reaching No. 1. She is best heard blasting out of car windows – but perhaps you may have even met her – or several of her, for that matter, while out trick-or-treating this Sunday evening.

The setting of Salve Regina’s Wakehurst lounge looked very much like a scene from a horror movie on the evening of Oct. 27. Darkness engulfed the room, eerie music filled the air and many of the people in the room were wearing spooky costumes. However, the lounge still managed to hold a welcoming and soothing aura, with its vast variety of refreshments that includes Halloween-themed cupcakes and a box of Dunkin’ Donuts hot chocolate.

On Oct. 27, 2010 Dr. Bradizza, a political science and American government professor at Salve, gave a lecture titled “FDR vs. the founders”. Bradizza spoke about the original plans for government as set forth by the founders and the way Franklin Delanor Roosevelt’s New Deal and the ideas of the progressive era conflicted with these plans.